7 Veggie Burger Recipes to Enjoy for a Plant-Powered Cookout

Summary

Moo-ove over hamburgers! These veggie burger recipes are perfect for summer BBQ gatherings or as a mouth-watering meal anytime.

Veggie burgers have been around since the 1960s. They were considered “hippie food” back then. (Like that’s a bad thing!)

And now, you can find a variety of veggie burgers in grocery stores and on restaurant menus. They have even started appearing on the menus of popular fast food restaurants. Plant-based meat substitutes, including burgers, are rising in popularity. So it’s safe to say that burgers made with plants are here to stay.

There are plenty of store-bought options. But most pre-made veggie burgers are processed. And they often contain refined oils, “natural” flavorings, and other not-so-healthy ingredients.

Spicy Miso Portobello Mushroom Burger Recipe

Brushed with a Miso-Sesame-Sriracha paste, you’ll get a mouthful of savory, umami flavor with an added kick of spice. And keeping with the theme, the toppings include a Japanese-style cucumber salad, a sweet carrot slaw, and a unique Asian-style guacamole mixture.

Boost your health: You can easily leave out the sugar in the carrot slaw, substitute with a healthier, natural sweetener, or add some dried fruit or fresh apple. You can also leave out the oil to make this oil-free.

Love and Lemons’ Best Darn Veggie Burger Recipe

Photo Courtesy of Love & Lemons

A lot of conventional hamburgers and even store-bought veggie burgers use oil or egg to hold all the ingredients together, but this recipe for Love and Lemons’ Best Darn Veggie Burger proves you can do without either.

Short-grain brown rice, flaxseeds, mushrooms, panko breadcrumbs, and walnuts make up this patty, giving you a plant-based boost of protein and omega-3s.

You won’t even need a grill to get a smoky, flavorful burger from sauteing the mushrooms with potent, disease-fighting alliums, including garlic and shallot, along with smoked paprika and sriracha.

Boost your health: Go nut-free by leaving out the walnuts or replacing them with sunflower seeds. And for a gluten-free patty, make sure your breadcrumbs are certified gluten-free. For best results, bake or grill the veggie burgers to avoid using oil.

Super Crispy Cauliflower Burger Recipe

What better way to celebrate the rise of this cruciferous powerhouse than by serving it up as a plant-based burger alternative.

To get the crispy texture, the cauliflower steaks get a coat of batter made from flour, plant-based milk, water, paprika, and garlic powder, and then a coat of panko breadcrumbs before baking or grilling.

Boost your health: Although this recipe calls for all-purpose flour, any gluten-free flour, such as chickpea or arrowroot, works just as well. If you’re gluten-free, make sure the breadcrumbs are too.

BBQ Tofu Burger Recipe

Photo Courtesy of Vegan Miam

No need to feel left out at family BBQs or cookouts with these BBQ Tofu Burgers from Vegan Miam.

Simply slice up a block of firm tofu, season with the spice rub ingredients, and then lather it up with a homemade BBQ sauce. You’ll even get your greens with this veggie burger, which calls for wild arugula and Asian-style pickled cucumber as toppings.

Boost your health: You can leave out the oil when baking or throw the tofu burgers on a grill or panini press for a smokier flavor. If you want to avoid genetically engineered ingredients, choose organic soy products, including tofu.

Curry Seitan and Black-Eyed Pea Burger Recipe

Photo Courtesy of The Curious Chickpea

One of the best parts about making homemade veggie burger recipes from scratch is the ability to customize them with unusual flavors, like this Curry Seitan and Black-Eyed Pea Burger from The Curious Chickpea.

Mixing in a blend of Indian spices, including turmeric and dried fenugreek leaves, with the seitan, black-eyed peas, and wheat gluten forms the aromatic flavor-base of these plant-based burgers. Top them with one of the Afghan chutneys mentioned at the end of the recipe, or keep it traditional with lettuce, tomato, and onions.

Note: Seitan is made from wheat gluten, so this recipe is not gluten-free.

Boost your health: To make this recipe oil-free, The Curious Chickpea recommends using a flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water left to sit and gelatinize for 10 minutes).

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